Orion widefield

[Nova2000]

Hi. 

This my my first image on SGL. 

I was hoping to get the witch head nebula but had to cut the exposure time short as my batteries ran out.

I can still see it though. My image looks noisy I feel. My dss doesn't work good on my old outdated pc. 

I'm still happy with this image. 

Data. 

18x120sec(main data) 

2x60sec

1x180sec(was a test shot) 

4x30sec.(to see if it makes any diff) 

Canon 700d unmodded. Eq3 ra motor drive. Polar alignment without scope. 

Edges cropped due to mount movement. Lots of wind in the hills. 

All at iso 1600. 5darks no bias or flats. Dss and ps 4.ilk try to reprocess it again or share the raw files so you'll can process. 

Happy new year! 

[wxsatuser]

Very nice first image, Orion is such a great widefield target, so much going on.

 

[kev]

Somehow seeing favourites like Orion, m42, m45 always makes me smile 

Probably from when i first started all those years ago. 

 

[Stu1976j]

What a wonderful image of orion, its a feast for the eyes  

[cfpendock]

Yep.  Good one.

Chris

[Devon_Demon]

Well done my man

you can see barnyards loop in there , perhaps try and get some more data to add to this.....

good effort though..

regards

graham

[xtreemchaos]

great widefield mate, amazing first go. well done and I look forward to your next.  thanks,  charl.

[Davey-T]

Hi Rajesh, good to see all your plans come to fruition, well done.

Excellent image with lot's of interesting details captured, look forward to some more images.

Can just make out the Witch Head, it's pretty faint thing so more data should bring it out.

Happy New Year

Dave

[RayD]

Well done Rajesh it's a great start.  With this data you can add more and as your processing skills improve you can make any changes you like to this image.

Great start and thanks for sharing.

[Nova2000]

Thanks everyone . 

[Mr Spock]

Lovely area to image and you've captured it well. It's got the horsey and everything!

[Nova2000]

2 hours ago, Devon_Demon said:

Well done my man

you can see barnyards loop in there , perhaps try and get some more data to add to this.....

good effort though..

regards

graham

I would love to add data, but not so soon.we go only about once a month to a dark site and I Can't go till Feb. :(. 

[orion25]

Bravo! My favorite constellation! You did a fabulous job at imaging it 

Reggie

[Macavity]

Nice work! You certainly "nailed" e.g. Barnard's Loop there!
One can be confident that many of these nebulae have fairly
LOW surface brightness. I notice my Ruben Keir Book* has a 
nice image of the Witch's head via a TAK 3.5" f/4.5 scope. 

(*)  http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9781441906021
ISO 1600: 3x2deg field: 15x5min Lum + 6x5min (each) RGB.

Non trivial to exactly compare settings, but I reckon you had
around 40min at ISO 1600 on your Canon 7D (APS-C chip)!
Appreciative of the need to CROP the view, but just intrigued
re. your focal length & aperture? You certainly see a bit more
than me - with 20min on Canon 100D 24mm f/2.8 APS-C.

I certainly note that my wider field (and lower placement of
the target from the UK!) requires rather careful handling of
the vignetting! (Better FLAT fields etc.) Maybe f=40mm! We
are (both?) getting closer. And we ALL need clear nights!! 

But I sense it worth getting more data with similar settings.

[StargeezerTim]

Lovely detail and depth...I must try imaging from a dark site someday. My garden is convenient and close to home (obviously ) but it would be great to use a dark site. Lovely first posting. Tim.

[laudropb]

A lovely image to feast your eyes on. Well done.